Week 3, 2023

played in Atlanta, GA

68 degrees, fair, calm

Arizona Cardinals	3	3	0	0	-	6
Atlanta Falcons	7	14	0	0	-	21

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:16 ARI - Irv Terry 37 field goal
1Q: 02:44 ATL - Frankie Blincoe 1 run (Charlie Mattingly extra point)
2Q: 09:59 ATL - Ike Perez 6 pass from Frankie Blincoe (Charlie Mattingly extra point)
2Q: 04:13 ATL - Gerald Buchanan 9 pass from Frankie Blincoe (Charlie Mattingly extra point)
2Q: 00:17 ARI - Irv Terry 19 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:16 ARI - Irv Terry 37 field goal
1Q: 02:44 ATL - Frankie Blincoe 1 run (Charlie Mattingly extra point)
2Q: 09:59 ATL - Ike Perez 6 pass from Frankie Blincoe (Charlie Mattingly extra point)
2Q: 04:13 ATL - Gerald Buchanan 9 pass from Frankie Blincoe (Charlie Mattingly extra point)
2Q: 00:17 ARI - Irv Terry 19 field goal

Team Statistics ARI ATL
Record 0-3 1-2
First Downs 22 16
- by Rushing 5 8
- by Passing 17 8
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 336 259
- Offensive Plays 85 60
- Yards per Play 3.95 4.32
Net Rushing Yards 71 128
- Rushing Attempts 22 37
- Yards per Rush 3.23 3.46
Net Passing Yards 265 131
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 59 - 32 - 2 23 - 11 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 280 131
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/15 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 4.21 5.70
Fumbles/Lost 6/3 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 10/20 6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.6 7.5
4th Down Conversions 3/4 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/35 2/23
Punt Returns/Yards 4/41 1/3
Kick Returns/Yards 3/65 2/34
Interception Ret./Yards 1/24 2/28
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 3/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 39
Time of Possession 30:50 29:10

Team Statistics	ARI	ATL
Record	0-3	1-2
First Downs	22	16
- by Rushing	5	8
- by Passing	17	8
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	336	259
- Offensive Plays	85	60
- Yards per Play	3.95	4.32
Net Rushing Yards	71	128
- Rushing Attempts	22	37
- Yards per Rush	3.23	3.46
Net Passing Yards	265	131
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	59 - 32 - 2	23 - 11 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	280	131
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/15	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	4.21	5.70
Fumbles/Lost	6/3	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	10/20	6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.6	7.5
4th Down Conversions	3/4	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/35	2/23
Punt Returns/Yards	4/41	1/3
Kick Returns/Yards	3/65	2/34
Interception Ret./Yards	1/24	2/28
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	3/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 24	OWN 39
Time of Possession	30:50	29:10

Drive Charts

Arizona Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:51	OWN 17	12	63	Field Goal
1	7:06	1:52	OWN 14	3	-3	Punt
1	2:37	2:24	OWN 20	5	21	Fumble
1	0:01	0:01	50	1	0	Interception
2	13:35	1:11	OWN 23	4	15	Interception
2	9:49	2:35	OWN 36	6	12	Punt
2	5:41	0:12	OWN 20	1	2	Fumble
2	4:02	3:51	OWN 23	12	75	Field Goal
3	11:04	2:30	OWN 15	6	18	Punt
3	5:05	5:14	OWN 9	9	13	Punt
4	13:18	1:12	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
4	9:29	0:06	OPP 45	1	5	Fumble
4	5:25	2:27	OWN 20	11	39	Downs
4	2:17	2:17	OWN 21	11	64	Game

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:09	2:03	OWN 24	3	1	Punt
1	5:14	2:37	OWN 39	6	61	Touchdown
1	0:13	0:12	OPP 41	1	0	Interception
2	15:00	1:25	OWN 47	3	-2	Punt
2	12:24	2:35	OPP 20	6	20	Touchdown
2	7:14	1:33	OWN 20	5	33	Punt
2	5:29	1:27	OPP 22	5	22	Touchdown
2	0:11	0:11	OWN 20	1	-2	Half
3	15:00	3:56	OWN 20	7	65	Fumble
3	8:34	3:29	OWN 31	6	28	Punt
4	14:51	1:33	OWN 34	3	0	Punt
4	12:06	2:37	OWN 13	5	17	Punt
4	9:23	3:58	OWN 40	6	12	Punt
4	2:58	0:41	OWN 41	3	-1	Punt

Game MVP: Juan Norried, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

Arizona	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Geoff Gabree	8	26	3.25	14	1
Dave McVay	4	9	2.25	4	0
Alan McMurdo	4	12	3.00	7	0
Micah Schmidtke	4	21	5.25	8	0
Preston Donaldson	1	1	1.00	1	0
Jesse Hanson	1	2	2.00	2	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Shawn Rehberg	18	83	4.61	34	3	0
Frankie Blincoe	7	27	3.86	12	1	1
Ike Perez	5	10	2.00	10	1	0
Broderick Darquea	5	2	0.40	4	0	0
Byron Aiken	2	6	3.00	10	1	0

Passing Statistics

Arizona	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Micah Schmidtke	59	32	280	4/15	0	24	2	52.9

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Frankie Blincoe	23	11	131	0/0	2	27	1	76.5

Receiving Statistics

Arizona	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Sam Sutton	9	17	86	9.56	20	24
TE Richard Cummins	6	20	40	6.67	3	15
WR Preston Donaldson	6	8	56	9.33	13	14
FB Alan McMurdo	5	5	45	9.00	9	12
RB Allen Stephens	2	2	15	7.50	1	8
RB Dave McVay	2	2	21	10.50	5	11
RB Geoff Gabree	1	1	14	14.00	7	14
TE Jesse Hanson	1	3	3	3.00	0	3

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Bryan Dennis	4	8	67	16.75	20	24	0
WR Gerald Buchanan	3	5	20	6.67	0	9	1
WR Claude Adams	2	3	34	17.00	18	27	0
FB Ike Perez	1	3	6	6.00	6	6	1
TE Kirk Gardner	1	3	4	4.00	2	4	0
RB Broderick Darquea	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Arizona	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Marty Hopper	1	24	24.00	0

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Randall Osborne	1	0	0.00	0
CB Winfred Cooley	1	28	28.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Arizona	Fumb	Recov	Force
Micah Schmidtke	3	1	0
Geoff Gabree	2	0	0
Dave McVay	1	0	0
James Horn	0	1	0
Alan McMurdo	0	1	0
Marc Walters	0	1	0
Roman Becker	0	0	1

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force
Shawn Rehberg	1	0	0
Louie Podbevsek	0	2	0
Max Midget	0	1	0
Juan Norried	0	0	2
Winston Ansara	0	0	1
Winfred Dillon	0	0	1
Grant Morton	0	0	1
Norman Henry	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Arizona	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Artie Souza	5	218	43.6	43.0	53	0

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Nicky Bodenhemer	8	356	44.5	34.4	56	3

Kicking Statistics

Arizona	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Irv Terry	2/2	0/0	0/0	37	0/0

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Charlie Mattingly	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Arizona	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Preston Donaldson	3	43	14.3	0
Joseph Bollman	1	-2	-2.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Grant Morton	1	3	3.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Arizona	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Louis Snell	2	47	23.5	0
Ben Rose	1	18	18.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Shawn Rehberg	2	34	17.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Arizona	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Otis Drexler	7	1	0.0	31	20
DT Ted Coffey	5	2	0.0	16	7
CB Edward Arnold	5	1	0.0	37	23
S Roman Becker	5	1	0.0	33	22
OLB Jamal McDonald	4	2	0.0	18	9
ILB Conrad Greer	3	1	0.0	6	3
CB Ben Rose	3	0	0.0	29	19
ILB Marty Hopper	2	4	0.0	31	19
OLB Bert Schreiber	2	1	0.0	32	17
TE Richard Cummins	2	0	---	---	---
CB Horace Moline	2	0	0.0	26	22
DE Tracy Thompson	1	2	0.0	17	10
DE Nolan Brennan	1	1	0.0	25	11
DT Renaldo Bellas	1	1	0.0	13	12
ILB Steve Kellenberger	1	1	0.0	6	4
DT Corwin Jeffries	1	1	0.0	23	16
ILB Mario Liu	1	0	0.0	6	4
DE Roger Bartoszek	0	1	0.0	14	7

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Grant Morton	8	1	0.0	19	50
CB Winfred Cooley	7	3	0.0	14	50
CB Gus Barrett	6	1	0.0	13	47
S Bryant Andrew	5	1	0.0	5	26
DE Juan Norried	4	0	1.5	22	49
ILB Brett Cobb	4	3	0.0	15	41
S Marlon Paswater	4	2	0.0	14	43
ILB Norm Sapia	4	0	0.0	8	22
CB Max Midget	4	0	0.0	16	57
DT Winston Ansara	2	2	1.5	12	19
CB Norman Henry	2	2	0.0	8	24
OLB Darryl Harts	2	0	0.0	12	28
DE Kris Mathis	1	0	1.0	15	30
S Winfred Dillon	1	1	0.0	9	37
OLB Randall Osborne	1	1	0.0	6	21
OLB Craig Lyon	1	1	0.0	12	19
DT Malcolm Bartholomew	1	0	0.0	15	49
DT Louis Nieves	1	0	0.0	6	14
TE Kirk Gardner	1	0	---	---	---
DE Donny Weadock	0	1	0.0	1	14

Pass Rush Statistics

Arizona	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Corwin Jeffries	1	1	0	16
DE James Horn	0	1	1	16
DT Ted Coffey	0	1	0	7
DT Renaldo Bellas	0	1	0	12

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Winston Ansara	1.5	0	1	0	19
DE Juan Norried	1.5	0	0	0	49
DE Kris Mathis	1.0	0	2	0	30
DE Jamie Lincoln	0.0	1	4	2	33
DT Malcolm Bartholomew	0.0	0	2	0	49
DT Omar Blackburn	0.0	0	1	0	14

Pass Defense Statistics

Arizona	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Otis Drexler	3	2	0	20
CB Ben Rose	2	0	0	19
ILB Conrad Greer	2	0	0	3
CB Edward Arnold	1	0	0	23
S Roman Becker	1	0	0	22
OLB Bert Schreiber	1	0	0	17
OLB Jamal McDonald	1	0	0	9
CB Horace Moline	0	1	0	22
ILB Marty Hopper	0	0	1	19

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Winfred Cooley	6	0	1	50
CB Gus Barrett	5	1	0	47
S Grant Morton	5	0	0	50
S Bryant Andrew	4	0	0	26
S Marlon Paswater	3	1	0	43
ILB Brett Cobb	2	0	0	41
CB Max Midget	2	0	0	57
S Winfred Dillon	1	2	0	37
OLB Craig Lyon	1	1	0	19
OLB Randall Osborne	1	0	1	21
ILB Norm Sapia	1	0	0	22
OLB Darryl Harts	1	0	0	28
CB Norman Henry	0	1	0	24

Blocking Statistics

Arizona	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Walt Buckner	1	2	22	2	60
Rufus Porter	1	1	7	0	20
Ted Kaplan	0	5	18	0	51
Claude Richardson	0	4	15	0	46
Marc Walters	0	3	22	1	62
Andrew Powell	0	2	20	0	60
Sedrick Forbes	0	1	4	1	13

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Ike Perez	2	4	1	27	13
Roger Thornton	2	2	1	29	20
Danny McClendon	2	2	0	23	13
Johnnie Hogrefe	1	4	1	31	20
Leroy Keith	1	3	0	8	7
Phil Tikaran	0	8	1	28	16
Mario Sanford	0	8	0	29	16
Kirk Chapman	0	2	0	36	23

Special Teams Statistics

Arizona	Tackles	STPlays
Wally Norwood	2	14
Jesse Hanson	1	14
Allen Stephens	0	21
Spencer Malone	0	18
Roman Becker	0	17
Richard Cummins	0	16
Joseph Bollman	0	14
Alan McMurdo	0	10
Mario Liu	0	10
Matt Foster	0	9
Louis Snell	0	8
Walt Buckner	0	7
Claude Richardson	0	7
Rufus Porter	0	7
Preston Donaldson	0	7
Sedrick Forbes	0	7
Steve Kellenberger	0	7
Gus Bout	0	7
Ted Coffey	0	6
Irv Terry	0	5
Artie Souza	0	5
Horace Moline	0	5
James Horn	0	4
Geoff Gabree	0	4
Conrad Greer	0	4
Ben Rose	0	2
Billy Joe Beckett	0	2
Nolan Brennan	0	1
Dave McVay	0	1
Tracy Thompson	0	1
Edward Arnold	0	1
Corwin Jeffries	0	1

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Norm Sapia	2	15
Edgar Owens	1	15
Ike Perez	1	14
Phil Tikaran	1	8
Winfred Dillon	1	8
Claude Adams	1	6
Byron Aiken	0	19
Norman Henry	0	15
Winfred Cooley	0	11
Randall Osborne	0	10
Casey Fairbairn	0	10
Nicky Bodenhemer	0	8
Leroy Keith	0	8
Darryl Harts	0	8
Troy Branch	0	8
Johnnie Hogrefe	0	8
Grant Morton	0	8
Danny McClendon	0	7
Juan Norried	0	6
Broderick Darquea	0	6
Malcolm Bartholomew	0	5
Charlie Mattingly	0	4
Louie Podbevsek	0	4
Kendrick Robak	0	4
Kris Mathis	0	4
Winston Ansara	0	3
Shawn Rehberg	0	3
Jamie Lincoln	0	2
Brett Cobb	0	2
Kirk Gardner	0	2
Craig Lyon	0	2
Gus Barrett	0	2
Louis Nieves	0	1
Kirk Chapman	0	1
Gerald Buchanan	0	1
Omar Blackburn	0	1
Bryant Andrew	0	1
Donny Weadock	0	1
Max Midget	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	36	3.3
Middle	6	25	4.2
Right	5	10	2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	0	0	0.0
Middle	19	117	6.2
Right	17	13	0.8
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Arizona	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Micah Schmidtke	59	32	1	5	2	6	10	2	2

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Frankie Blincoe	23	11	3	0	3	3	4	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	15	15.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	24	20	148	6.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	27	10	93	3.4
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	24	4.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	20	6.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	5	57	5.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	2	33	4.1
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	21	21.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Arizona	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Richard Cummins	20	6	0	40	0	62
WR Sam Sutton	17	9	1	86	1	49
WR Preston Donaldson	8	6	0	56	0	34
FB Alan McMurdo	5	5	0	45	0	37
TE Jesse Hanson	3	1	1	3	0	37
RB Allen Stephens	2	2	0	15	0	14
RB Dave McVay	2	2	0	21	0	21
RB Geoff Gabree	1	1	0	14	0	26

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Bryan Dennis	8	4	2	67	2	22
WR Gerald Buchanan	5	3	0	20	0	19
WR Claude Adams	3	2	1	34	1	13
FB Ike Perez	3	1	0	6	0	13
TE Kirk Gardner	3	1	0	4	0	19
RB Broderick Darquea	1	0	0	0	0	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Arizona	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Shawn Rehberg	4	15	3.75	4.61
Ike Perez	2	0	0.00	2.00
Frankie Blincoe	1	1	1.00	3.86
Broderick Darquea	1	-3	-3.00	0.40

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Arizona	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Micah Schmidtke	3	2	13	4.33	4.75

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Frankie Blincoe	7	5	45	6.43	5.70

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Arizona	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Richard Cummins	2	1	-1	-0.50	2.00
WR Preston Donaldson	1	1	14	14.00	7.00

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Bryan Dennis	3	2	22	7.33	8.38
WR Gerald Buchanan	2	2	17	8.50	4.00
FB Ike Perez	1	1	6	6.00	2.00
TE Kirk Gardner	1	0	0	0.00	1.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Arizona	Rushes	Conversions
Dave McVay	1	1
Geoff Gabree	1	1

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Frankie Blincoe	2	2
Byron Aiken	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Arizona	Att	Comp	Conversions
Micah Schmidtke	17	11	8

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Frankie Blincoe	10	5	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Arizona	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Richard Cummins	5	2	1
WR Sam Sutton	5	3	3
WR Preston Donaldson	4	3	2
FB Alan McMurdo	2	2	1
RB Allen Stephens	1	1	1

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Bryan Dennis	3	2	2
FB Ike Perez	2	1	1
TE Kirk Gardner	2	1	0
WR Claude Adams	1	0	0
RB Broderick Darquea	1	0	0
WR Gerald Buchanan	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 43,600 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,400 (22,200)
End Zone 9,700 (16,000)
Mezzanine 5,700 (9,200)
Sideline Seats 8,600 (14,100)
Club Seats 2,800 (4,600)
Luxury Boxes 2,400 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	43,600 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,400 (22,200)
End Zone	9,700 (16,000)
Mezzanine	5,700 (9,200)
Sideline Seats	8,600 (14,100)
Club Seats	2,800 (4,600)
Luxury Boxes	2,400 (5,000)